Requesting Entity: Cebu Rose Motors Issues Concern: Requirement for a Commitment from a Licensed Bank and Submission of Bids for Two Suppliers Details 1. Whether a bidder may use its foreign supplier’s bank certificate issued by a foreign country for purposes of complying with the requirement for a commitment from a licensed bank to extend to continue reading : NPM No. 008-2006

Requesting Entity: Land Bank of the Philippines Issues Concern: Failure of Bidding under RA 9184 and its IRR-A Details Whether or not failure of bidding may be declared on the basis of the failure of the BAC to request the bidders to extend the validity of their bids. [If] the BAC did not require the bidders continue reading : NPM No. 005-2006

Requesting Entity: Department of Agriculture Issues Concern: Renewal of Contract for Lease of Office Space Details Whether or not the lease of office space may be exempted from public bidding. [T]he evident intent of the law is to include the lease of office space within the ambit of R.A. 9184, specifically following the rules on the continue reading : NPM No. 006-2006

Requesting Entity: DPWH Northern Samar 2nd District Engineering Office Issues Concern: Mandating bidders to submit Contractor’s All Risk Insurance (CARI) as an additional requirement Details Whether or not the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) can mandate its contractors to submit the CARI as an additional requirement for contracts costing One Million Pesos (1 M continue reading : NPM No. 004-2006

Requesting Entity: National Food Authority Issues Concern: “Pre-qualification” in procurement of infrastructure projects Details 1) Is there still a pre-qualification stage in procurement of infrastructure projects in the light of the aforementioned provision, notwithstanding the policy of the new procurement law which is to do away with the pre-qualification stage? [T]he eligibility screening does not assume continue reading : NPM No. 003-2006

Requesting Entity: Municipality of Santo Tomas, Batangas Issues Concern: Clarifications on the Applicable Warranty Period under RA 9184 and its IRR-A Details The matter was raised to the Inter-Agency Technical Working Group (IATWG) of the Government Procurement Policy Board (GPPB) last 02 March 2006 and the body was of the view that the warranty periods provided continue reading : NPM No. 002-2006

Requesting Entity: National Kidney and Transplant Institute Issues Concern: Price escalation on services contracts Details Whether or not NKTI may accommodate all of the request for price escalation of all its service provider mentioned above on the basis of the effect of the issuance of Wage Order NCR-11. [T]he Guidelines for Contract Price Escalation stands to continue reading : NPM No. 001-2006

Requesting Entity: Municipal Government of Malalag, Davao Del Sur Issues Concern: Request for Exemption from the Application of the Guidelines for the Implementation of Projects Undertaken “By Administration” or Force Account Details Request that the Rehabilitation of Mabini-Lapu-lapu Road and Construction of Reinforced Concrete Box Culvert in Barangays Mabini and Lapu-lapu both of Malalag, Davao Del continue reading : NPM No. 046-2005

Requesting Entity: PRONET Systems Integrated Network Solution, Inc. Issues Concern: Rating system in the procurement of goods Details Whether or not a point allotment system may be employed during the evaluation and/or post-qualification of bids in the procurement of goods. As can be gleaned from the provisions of R.A. 9184 and its IRR-A, bid evaluation for continue reading : NPM No. 044-2005